Sewing cabinet



' Nov. 4, 1941. A.. B'IRKHOLZ 2,261,216

SEWING CABINET Filed July 5, 1940 ,4 ATTORNEY :EVENTOR Patented Nov. 4, 1941 UNITED "ST-fires PATENT err-ice{' j 2,261,216 snwmo CABINET 1 Albert :Birkholz, Newyork, NJY. Application July '5, 1940, Serial No.- 343,937

2 Claims. .(01. 223-40?) My invention relates to a sewing cabinet and particularly to a cabinet of the type which can be conveniently used in the home.

It is an object of my invention to provide an article of this nature which can be opened out when in use and when not in use can be collapsed or folded together so as to occupy a minimum amount of space.

It is a further object of my invention to provide an article of the type referred to in which the necessary materials for use can be kept within convenient reach of the sewer as she works, and in which the work can be kept safely in case it is laid aside before it is finished, or while waiting to be done.

It is a further object of my invention to provide an article of this nature which when not in use for sewing purposes will be of such attractive appearance that it can be displayed as. an ornamental article of furniture in the room in which it is kept.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be evident from the following description.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front view of the cabinet when closed.

Figure 2 is a view of the cabinet when partly opened, showing the way in which the legs supporting one section slide past the legs supporting the other section in closing the cabinet.

Figure 3 is a view showing the cabinet when entirely open.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

The cabinet may be considered as comprising the two sections I and 2 joined vertically as by the hinges 3 and mounted on the legs 4. The part of each leg on the side where the sections are hinged together projects outwardly in one direction. The legs supporting the free sides I prefer, for purposes of better support, to make with feet projecting in both directions as shown. The leg projecting from the free side of one section, as for example, the section I, I prefer to make rigid and from a single piece of material. The leg attached to the other section I may make in two pieces which I may join tog-ether pivotally, as by the hinge 5 provided with a spring 5 to hold the leg in normal supporting osition. Such a construction imparts freedom of movement to this leg, such that when the cabinet is being closed it can be deflected from its normal position sufiiciently to slide past the rigid legs. i

Figure 1 shows the cabinet as provided with the inset panel 6. This may be hinged or otherwise pivoted transversely as at 1 so that when the cabinet is opened the panel may be raised and locked in raised position by passing the hasp 8 over the pin 9, thus providing a table or shelf on which one using the cabinet may rest the work. A tray I0 is provided in which needed implements such as scissors and the like, may be placed where they will be Within 'easy match when they are needed for use.

I may provide at convenient locations in conneotion with the section 2 the racks II which may, for example, be mounted in bearings I2 in the side walls of the section 2. Upstanding from the racks II are the fingers I3 for holding spools of thread or the like. The bearings I2 are provided with springs I2 which will urge the racks toward and hold them in such position that the fingers I3 will be vertically disposed. I also provide in connection with this section the tray I4 which I maydivide into a plurality of compartments I5 for storing such useful accessories as pins, needles, buttons or the like. The mounting of the spool holding racks in the manner described provides for economy of space and permits the racks II and the accessory tray I4 to be mounted in such close proximity to each other that the spools cannot be removed from the racks by lifting them vertically off the fingers I3. The described construction permits the racks to be turned out from this normal position sufficiently so that the spools can be lifted off the fingers, after which the racks will automatically springback into normal position.

I may also provide in connection with the lower part of the section 2 a pocket I6 in which unfinished work or work to be done may be stored. The front wall ll of the pocket I6 is of such height, and the pocket projects forward to such an extent, that the front wall I! when the cabinet is closed, fits tightly underneath the panel .6, thus becoming the lower part of the front wall of the section I. In order to permit the pocket I6 to thus fold into the section I a side thereof is cut away slightly as shown at 20 in Figure 3. Thus, when the cabinet is opened for use the section I is entirely open below theshelf 6, as shown in Figure 3. In this manner the pocket I6 may be very nearly as wide from front to back as the maximum width of the cabinet when in folded position.

When closed and not in use, the cabinet may be locked in closed position by passing the hasp I8 over the pin I9.

From the foregoing description it will be clear that the cabinet of my invention is not only convenient and handy for use, having facilities such that all implements ordinarily used, and also unfinished work or work to be done can be kept always within each reach of the worker, but which also will when not in use present the appearance of an attractive article of furniture in any room in which it may be displayed.

It will further be understood that the invention may be otherwise modified and embodied within the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. An upright sewing cabinet mounted on spread legs comprising two sections hinged together on one side and adapted to be opened out when the cabinet is in use and folded together when it is not in use, the leg on the side of one section opposite the hinged side being made rigid from a single piece of material and the leg on the corresponding side of the other section being made in two parts one of which is pivoted for limited movement upon the closing of the cabinet.

2. An upright sewing cabinet comprising two sections hinged together on one side and adapted to be opened out when the cabinet is in use and folded together when it is not in use, said sections on their unhinged sides being supported upon legs terminating in outwardly curved feet, the feet supporting the unhinged side of one section being rigidly joined to each other, and one of the feet supporting the unhinged side of the other section being joined to the adjacent foot by a hinge to permit it to be deflected past said feet on the other section in closing or opening the cabinet, and spring means to limit the extent of such deflection and return the foot to its normal position when the cabinet is closed or open.

ALBERT BIRKHOLZ. 

